Trafficking
Five of Tim Ballard’s Alleged Victims Have Filed a Lawsuit Against Him
The founder of the anti-trafficking group OUR has been sued by several accusers, who say he used their faith and visions from a psychic to sexually coerce them.
Ex-Operation Underground Railroad Employees Said OUR Misled Donors, Lied to Public
Whistleblowers told investigators, and tried to raise concerns internally, about “cowboy” behavior and misappropriation of donor funds.
Operation Underground Railroad Child-Rescue Missions Were Based on Psychic Intelligence
Janet Russon, a psychic medium from Utah, was a central source of “intelligence” for OUR, leading to at least one failed mission and no evident rescues of missing children.
Cops Seize Record Meth Haul Hidden Inside Jugs of Maple Syrup
Police in New Zealand busted a trafficking syndicate which smuggled a massive stash of meth inside a maple syrup shipment from Canada.
'Cocaine Nation': How Did Australians Become the Biggest Users in the World?
"Latin American cartels are operating here. They have accounts here, they have hitmen and foot soldiers here."
It’s Never Been a Better Time to Buy Drugs on Telegram
Prices are falling on the messaging app's drug markets despite inflation and record seizures.
What We Know—and Don't Know—About Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein
Basic questions remain unanswered years after ties between the two were first revealed.
Rise of Coke Labs in Europe Signals ‘Death’ of the Smuggled Cocaine Brick
Drug experts tell VICE World News that traffickers are increasingly dissolving pure cocaine into materials and extracting it in large scale European labs.
‘Hell All Over Again’: The Frontline of an Expanding Human Trafficking Crisis
Despite Cambodian police crackdowns, evidence suggests the criminal syndicates are expanding to Myanmar, the Philippines, and even as far afield as Dubai.
Key Players in Syria's ‘Narco State’ Hit With Western Sanctions
US and UK governments target senior officials, militia leaders and two of Bashar al-Assad’s relatives in an attempt to damage the Syrian regime's captagon racket.
Girls Do Porn Cameraman Ordered to Pay Victims More Than $100,000
Teddy Gyi repeated the lie that victim's videos would never be posted online.
Saudi Arabia Executes Man For Smuggling Captagon After ‘Forced Confession’
The execution of Jordanian national Hussein Abu al-Khair for a drug offence is the latest in a wave of state killings carried out by the Saudi regime.